The political analyst and educator Darío Teitelbaum He lives in Israel since 1978. He also presides over the Meretz World Unionthe Left Party Israeli. With a marked pacifist vision, he analyzed various points of this last attack by Israel, in this case to Iran And what can be expected.
Journalist: A few weeks ago the OIEA said that Iran would be carrying out “secret nuclear activities” in three sites investigated long ago. Do you link this with Israel’s attack, which was cataloged as “preventive”?
Darío Teitelbaum: Iran’s nuclear activities, on the occasion of Uranium’s recent enrichment to more than 60% that is around 400 kg, could be 10 atomic bombs. This answers the question of why now (to Israel’s attack). Because it has a little more international legitimacy, especially because Every Iranian statement is to end the state of Israel and the Jews.
As Argentine we know this, because we were victims of two attacks allegedly in Iranian hands. It is not something that is only limited to Israel, but also to the Jews in the world. Because Iran is a staunch enemy of Israel, that – throughout its history, but fundamentally since the twentieth century – it cannot be allowed to be a state with a military nuclear power. Especially if he says, night and day, that they will end us: That is why it is cataloged as a preventive attack.
Q: The US separated from the offensive. How do you see the participation of that nation in this battle?
DT: This battle is media. If you think Israel had made this attack without the approval of the US … well. Especially, what Iranian retaliation could be for Israel. There are two factors to take into account: The US unilaterally began negotiations with Iran who failed very fast.
On the other hand, this moment was created that allows you to do A surgical attack of this dimension without major human losses not involved, having cut the head of the first and second military line; The head of the first nuclear scientific line and the responsive capacity of Iran that had already ended in April this year when the anti -aircraft systems were attacked.
That explains why 200 aircraft can cross the Middle East and Arab countries to attack will go synchronized and for 2 hours. This goes much more to the Chiita conflict (Iran) -Sunita (Saudi Arabia). We were accustomed to the fact that Iran acts through their proxys: Hezbollah in the north of Lebanon, in Syria Hamás and the hutis in Yemen.
Part of these proxys lost strength or capacity for action. Here we have not only a preventive attack, we have a Geopolitical earthquake In the Middle East until now. As a person who comes from the field of peace, I wonder what could be the results towards a possible peace. Given the fact that the Palestinian legitimate government declined by actions of the Israeli government, and was strengthened Hamasthis appeared as the Defender of the Palestinians. They are Palestinians, obviously, but they became not only a terrorist entity, but an absolute proxys of Qatar and Iran. This explains the Holocaustic attack of October 2023.
In the Gaza Strip, which is a state terrorism of Hamas, live 2.2 million Palestinians. Of these, around 2 million are not involved who live very badly, and now worse. And it may be that there are 200,000 to support Hamas openly or involuntarily and 60,000 terrorists. And we have to take care of the civil population not involved as much as possible. This has to be the ethical, political and religious commitment of the state of Israel.
Q: How do you see Israeli citizens this series of measures and management, in general, of Benjamín Netanyahu?
DT: Allow to be optimistic and pessimistic. Optimistic in the sense that although Netanyahu led this attack as the Minister of Israel, people do not forget the Netanyahu pre October 7, 2023 and the things that led to that attack.
There is a popular disagreement for attempts with a legal coup d’etat, to change the laws in such a way to perpetuate their government. They do not forget either the fact that he is judged for several cases that compromise his ethical and moral integrity. And also that constantly divides the population. Now something unprecedented from historical measures happened here.
On the other hand, I think Part of the Israeli population has accounts to settle with Netanyahu. If this allows you to dodge the bulge for now, it can be, but I believe that this government is the worst of Israel in its history. Despite the actions in Iran, It has to be replaced by a more balanced government and willing to dialogue with the Palestinian national authority, since Hamas must continue to attack it.
The war with Iran has clear, concise, measurable objectives: it is take it away from atomic, ballistics and perhaps destabilize the Ayatolás regime.
This is an interest of the West -Eeuu, France, England, Germany- not just from Israel. Maybe, in this sense, Israel made dirty work. This is the antipode of the war in Gaza, because outside that everything necessary to return to living hostages to rehabilitation and the dead to a worthy burial, it is not clear.
Netanyahu has a mantra of absolute victory but does not say what it is, so that War has no political objectives. Here you do not see the beating or at the war or political level and from there you can understand that Netanyahu continues the war in Gaza for interests that are not security, but to continue in power. ”
Q: How likely is this climb to a regional war?
DT: We still do not know the real dimension of the damage that this Israeli attack, and other previous ones, caused. Second, we do not know what resources they will do at this time even though they have ballistic missiles. But Israel also has how to defend itself. It seems unlikely that dirty weapons are used for an extermination war (biological, chemical). Iran is a giant country, with a residual capacity to respond. I believe here enters to play Western interest. We as Israelis have to be prepared for the Worst Case Scenario.
Source: Ambito
